Sunday, February 09, 2014

Mets News: Matt Harvey should be able to throw Feb. 22

Mets News:

Matt Harvey, who appeared on The Mike Francesa Show on WFAN, said he has no pain, so setbacks and he could start throwing as soon as February 22..

“They said I should be able to start throwing four months after the surgery, and that’s Feb. 22,” Harvey recently told the NY Post. “And I haven’t had any setbacks. I can’t wait. Even if it’s 10 feet, I just want to pick up a ball. As of right now, I don’t see why I wouldn’t be able to do that.”

Harvey at first fought the idea of surgery, but eventually relented, going under the knife in late October.

“It was tough. I never thought it would happen. As a pitcher, you don’t want it to happen. I wasn’t having the same symptoms that you hear other guys have, no sharp soothing pains. My forearm was a little tight,” Harvey told Francesa. “It was a tough process to come to grips with, but after waking up enough times worrying if today is the day or tomorrow is the day to have surgery, I had just had enough.”

Matt Harvey is still expected to miss the entire 2014 baseball season.